What is anti-rheumatoid factor 0?

Anti-O rheumatoid factor is mainly used to detect the presence of streptococcal infection and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Anti-O, that is, anti-streptolysin "O", its detection is important for the diagnosis of streptococcal infection. When the human body is infected with streptococci, it will produce corresponding antibodies. By detecting the level of anti-O, it can assist in determining whether there has been streptococci infection recently. Streptococci infection is associated with a variety of diseases, such as acute glomerulonephritis, rheumatic fever, etc.

Rheumatoid factor is one of the important indicators for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor is often detected. However, not all patients with rheumatoid factor positive are rheumatoid arthritis. In some diseases such as Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc., rheumatoid factor may also be positive. At the same time, there are some patients with rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid factor negative. Therefore, the detection of rheumatoid factor needs to be combined with clinical symptoms, signs and other examinations to make a comprehensive judgment, and the disease cannot be diagnosed only by its results.